Algorithm takes robots a step closer to being able to ‘act on intuition’
Robots play Chess against University staff and students. Credit: University of Hertfordshire Researchers from the
Interview with Dautzenberg Roman: #IROS2023 Best Paper Award on Mobile Manipulation sponsored by OMRON Sinic X Corp.
Congratulations to Dautzenberg Roman and his team of researchers, who won the IROS 2023 Best
Multimodal ultra-thin soft robots can explore narrow spaces for inspection and maintenance
Concepts of the Thin-Soft Robots (TS-Robot) for potential applications. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50598-1
This robot vacuum may be smaller than a dinner plate, but it can handle big messes
Maria Diaz/ZDNETZDNET’s key takeawaysThe SwitchBot Mini Robot Vacuum K10+ is priced at $400.The K10+ is
Versatile microscale robots can fold into 3D shapes and crawl
Kirigami structure of metabots. Credit: Nature Materials (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41563-024-02007-7 Cornell University researchers have created
Faced with dwindling bee colonies, scientists are arming queens with robots and smart hives
By Farshad Arvin, Martin Stefanec, and Tomas Krajnik Be it the news or the dwindling
The most underrated 2-in-1 robot vacuum I’ve tested is from a brand you’ve never heard of
The Yeedi Cube goes seamlessly from hard floors to rugs or carpet. Maria Diaz/ZDNETZDNET’s key
Combining existing sensors with machine learning algorithms improves robots’ intrinsic sense of touch
The intrinsic sense of touch. Sensitive writing or drawing on the structure (A) is automatically
I tried a robot vacuum that has a side-mounted handheld cleaner – and can’t go back
Maria Diaz/ZDNETZDNET’s key takeawaysEcovacs just launched a new Deebot T30S Combo 3-in-1 robot vacuum, mop,
Neural Motion Planning approach helps robots navigate challenging obstacles in unfamiliar environments
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Humans can grab a book from a shelf with little obvious